COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 145, 4 June 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE. The weekly stock sale was held at Waipukurau on Tuesday before a fair attendance of those interested. There was a medium entry of tat cattle and a small yarding of stores. Buyers were keen up to a certain limit for fats, but store cattle were neglected. Following was the range of prices:—Fat bullocks £8 17 - to £9/17 G, fat heifers medium £6. fat cows (plain) up to £6/19/6 (good quality). A large yarding of fat sheep, consisting principally of ewes and lambs, was placed before the usual local operators, the following prices being realised : —Fat ewes 13, 9 to 18/11, fat maiden ewes 19 5, fat wethers 19-1 to 23 7. fat woolly lambs 13 5 to 16 2, fat shorn lambs 12 - to 14 -. Store sheep were in small supply, and the demand was limited to the following prices:—Two-tooth cull empty ewes 10 3, shorn lambs 7 1 to 7 11, forward lambs 9 6 to 9 7. z The -New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report the following sales:—3B fat wethers 19/1, 3 fat wethers 17 -. 24 fat wethers 15 -, 77 fat ewes 14 !), 15 at 1.4/-, 76 at 12 '5, 38 fat lambs 12 5, 6 forward lambs 10 -. 9 at 9 7. 37 forward ewes 8 -. 224 shorn lambs 7 1. Be Pelichet, McLeod and Co., Ltd., report having held their regular sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when they, sold as follows-; —8 fat bullocks £9 TO '-, 3 fat cows £6 19 6. 1 at £5-1 -, 7 fat heifers £6. 79 fat wethers 23 7, 180 at 18 -, 30 fat maiden ewes 17 6. 266 at 16 6. 122 fat ewe> IS 11. 100 at 15 3, 5 at 14 6, 123 fat lambs 14 10, 13 at 12'-. J Dalgety and Company. Ltd., report; the following sales at Waipukurau .yes- <! terdav: —54 fat ewes 14 3. 36 at 13 9, ; 16 at 14.9, 64 at 17 9. 202 at 11 T, 130 ■ at 18/5, 27 forward ewes 11'6, fat; wethers 16 3 Bfat ethers 21 3, 36 fat bunbs 15 7,/9 at 15 -. 26 forward lambs 9/6, 32 fat lambs 14 11, 120 2tooth ewes 10 3. 450 shorn lambs; (mixed sexes) 7 11. 9 forward cows £4,) 10 heifers in calf £3 11 6, 17 cows ini calf £3 11 6. _ J The Hawke's Bay Farmers' C’o-oper- : alive Association. Ltd., report that at' Waipukurau yesterday they sold the ‘ following lines: —46 fat ewes 15 7, 33 • fat wethers 15 6. 122 fat ewes 12 10. 40. at 11 3.